Kids Family & FriendsTreasure Hunts - Lancaster

See, Do, Explore!

Great for Couples, families, with the kids or just adults, when visiting somewhere new or in your home town. A Lancaster treasure hunt will take you past many local attractions, Lancaster Castle, The Priory and Parish Church, Lancaster Maritime Museum, The Town Hall, The Roman Catholic Cathedral, Williamson Park, Market Square and Lancaster City Museum opening your eyes to so many things you would ordinarily just walk straight past!

Printed Hunt

A Printed hunt is where we send your booklets to you in the post. Within the booklet you will find everything you need including a map, directions, clues and the answers. If you order more than one copy you can have the answers on a separate sheet, and we include some extra scavenger tasks too. This makes your hunt a bit more competitive as you can hunt in teams, also not having the answers in the hunt booklet means there is less temptation to cheat!

Download Hunt

Perfect if you require your treasure hunt asap, as your links are available to download immediately and contain everything you need including a map, directions, clues and the answers. Great if you are looking for something to do today or need them before the post arrives! Once you have placed your order you will receive an email containing the downloadable pdf treasure hunt links. You can simply print the hunt onto A4 paper or view them on a smart phone, ipad, Amazon kindle etc

Personalised Hunt

Looking for a gift that’s a bit different? Then look no further. Our personalised treasure hunts are great for all occasions including Christmas, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Mothers & Fathers Day, or just to make your day out extra special! To make it even more personal why not consider our PLUS4 version, where we also add 4 extra pages with 4 pictures and 4 clues, that you have provided to us to include in your booklet. Do contact us for more details!!

Gift Voucher

Looking for an ideal gift for a family member or loved one but can’t decide what to buy them? Then why not buy them a gift card for one of our family and friends treasure hunts. Standard or Personalised options available.

GPS Hunt

GPS Treasure Hunts are designed to work on smartphones and tablets and contain everything you need including an interactive map, clues and the answers, which are checked and marked as you submit them. Check that your phone/tablet is compatible before you purchase your hunt. If you have more than one team competing Do NOT forget to check all the phones and tablets that are to be used, are compatible before you purchase your hunt

More about our Kids Family & Friends treasure hunt...

Our DIY treasure hunts are pre written so all you need to do is buy one and you're set with everything you need including directions, clues, a map and the answers. You can order a printed treasure hunt booklet which we will post to you, or you can buy a downloadable treasure hunt which you can print out yourself. We also have fully interactive GPS treasure hunts, that you carry out on your smart phone or hand held device, great for those who love their gadgets.

The hunt will take one to two hours (ish) to complete, however if you stop off at other attractions (many of which are free to visit), have a bite of lunch or do a bit of shopping you can quite easily make it into a half or full day of activities.

Once you have completed your treasure hunt, join our member’s area where you can personalise and print your very own huntfun certificates.

I had a great time walking around Manchester (the weather was also lovely). ........My grandson and ...

In more detail:

When you buy one of our printed Lancaster treasure hunts this is what you get...

An A5 printed booklet which contains everything you need to do the Lancaster hunt including a map, directions, clues and the answers. Have you had a look at our sample hunt? This will give you an idea of what our treasure hunts look like and what we print into an A5 booklet. One booklet is all you need for 2-3 participants. Great for a small group, a couple of adults or a family with younger children, older children might want a book of their own?

Our Budget Lancaster treasure hunt booklets have a colour cover and are black and white inside.

The answers are tucked away at the back of the booklet. If you order 2 or more booklets you are given the option of having the answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Delivery and PostageWe send out printed treasure hunts 1st class the same day (if your order is placed before 2pm Monday- Friday), or the next working day. If you are looking for things to do today you are best ordering a downloadable treasure hunt!

All booklets are printed specifically to order.

When you buy one of our downloadable Lancaster treasure hunts this is what you get...

PDF files containing your Lancaster treasure hunt, which can be printed onto A4 paper or viewed on a smart phone. (Please note that the downloadable versions when viewed on a smartphone, are not interactive and you will need a pen and paper to write the answers on, and a printed copy of the answers to do the marking at the end)

As you are placing your order, when you arrive at the ‘confirmation of payment page’ there will be a button which says, “click here to get your invoice and any download links”. This will take you to a page containing the links you need to click on. We will also email you a copy of your invoice, below which you can find your downloadable treasure hunt links.

Downloadable treasure hunts are ideal if you are looking for things to do today and you can’t wait for the post!

When you buy one of our personalised Lancaster treasure hunts this is what you get...

A full colour A5 printed Lancaster treasure hunt booklet, which contains everything you need to do the treasure hunt including a map, directions, clues and the answers. With our personalised treasure hunt booklets, we also add a personalised message to the cover for you. This covers two lines and acts like a sub heading.

You can add anything you like, some popular ones include:-

Happy Christmas Emily Love Nanny & Grandad

Sam and Sally’s Day out

Happy Birthday Helen

Happy Fathers Day Dad

Claire and Tom’s Easter Treasure Hunt

The Carter families’ day out exploring

Emilie’s Halloween Treasure Hunt

When you buy one of our personalised PLUS4 Lancaster treasure hunts this is what you get...

A full colour Lancaster treasure hunt booklet containing your personalised text on the front cover. Inside the booklet contains everything you need to go hunting including a map, directions, clues and the answers. With our Plus 4 treasure hunts, you can also send to us your own 4 pictures, questions and answers, which we will include randomly throughout our booklets, (adding the answers to our answer sheet). Do get in touch if you would like to have a chat about this option.

Our Lancaster treasure hunts – what are they all about?

You are told where to start your treasure hunt, given simple directions to follow and a map of the area. In between directions you have questions to answer, the answers are found in the surrounding area for e.g. on buildings, plaques, signs and statues. You will also be set some extra scavenger tasks to complete. These are optional and include collecting things, photo opportunities and other fun activities! The aim of the hunt is to gain as many points as possible by answering the clues correctly and completing the extra tasks.

Once you have completed your treasure hunt and gathered back into your group, you can swap booklets to mark the answers. Following this, you can visit the members area on our website where you can personalise and print your very own huntfun certificates. (There is no actual treasure at the end by the way sorry!) The winning team is the one with the most points!

When you buy one of our treasure hunts gift vouchers this is what you get...

You will a receive a colour printed voucher for a family and friends treasure hunt. Each voucher has a space for you to write your own message inside and includes instructions on how the voucher can be redeemed. The voucher can be redeemed for any of our locations. We have over 240 locations so there are plenty to choose from. Vouchers are valid for one year from date of purchase.

When you buy a GPS treasure hunt this is what you get...

Once you have placed your order you will receive an email containing your invoice, followed by 3 different links.

One of the links is a pdf team handout document, which you can print out prior to your event and hand out a copy to each team on the day.

Another link is a pdf document for the organiser, this contains lots of useful information on what you need to do to set up your GPS treasure hunt; how to set your end timer, how to change your start/ end location and finally how to send the GPS treasure hunt links to the other teams. (If you want to stop off for a drink or maybe lunch on the way don’t forget to factor this time in!)

The final link opens up in a web browser and this is how you can access your GPS treasure hunt and make the changes mentioned above. Setting up your GPS treasure hunt before your event is fairly straightforward, we include all the instructions that you require and our office is open Monday- Friday 9:00-17:00 for queries and support.

Whether you have purchased your GPS treasure hunt or you are simply interested in one, we highly recommend that you have a go at our sample GPS hunt (via your mobile phone). This can be found on our GPS treasure hunt web pages. Our sample GPS hunt is designed to make sure that your mobile phone is compatible with our software, it will also give you an idea of what our GPS treasure hunts look like.

Our GPS treasure hunts – what are they all about?

Within the GPS web app there are three pages; home, map and scores. On the home page you can find all details and instructions for your hunt, (this is also included on your team hand out sheet). You can also change your team name, enter in your mystery word (letters are found along the hunt), and enter in your stop code when you can completed your GPS hunt, your stop code will freeze your timer and complete the game.

The map page contains a birds-eye view map of your location. It is on here that you can find all of your questions, phototasks and optional pub/ cafe stops. Once your GPS treasure hunt begins, teams navigate their way to the ’huntfun hotspots’ where challenges including clues to answer, tasks and activities can be accessed. Teams will be awarded points for correctly completing the challenges set. Scores are calculated real time and these can be viewed on the scores page, so teams are able to see how they and other teams are doing throughout the hunt.

The aim of the hunt is to gain as many points as possible in the allocated time. Teams will earn bonus points for getting to the finish point, and entering in their stop code early and penalties will be deducted if teams are late!

Strategy and team work are needed to plan the route carefully, to ensure you get as many points as possible. Remember if you access a ’hint’ only half the points available will be awarded!

If you visit the member’s area on our website you can personalise and print your very own huntfun certificates. (There is no actual treasure at the end by the way sorry!)

Wheelchair access.

There are sets of steps en-route before and after The Priory which make this part of the route unsuitable for wheelchair users. By missing 5 clues and finding an alternative route from the Castle to St. George's Quay the remainder of the hunt can be completed.

Buggy Friendly?

Buggies and prams will be fine if there is someone to help lifting up and down any steps but do have a look at the wheelchair notes too!

The Small Print

Copyright Huntfun Limited All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. The compiler of this Treasure Hunt accepts no responsibility or liability for any claim, loss, damage, injury or inconvenience whatsoever however sustained or caused as a result of using this Treasure Hunt. By taking part in the Treasure Hunt you and anyone accompanying you agrees to do so entirely at your own risk.